Wilkins on philosophy of science 12 Aug 2014 As part of the Science Week activities that informed the last few posts, I will be giving a brief introduction to philosophy of science as well as talking about the relation between science and religion shortly. The organiser of this event (on 23 August, at the East Melbourne Unitarian Church) is Adam Ford, who interviewed me for a few hours in freezing cold but picturesque surroundings in the Melbourne Royal Botanical Gardens last Sunday (it rained, which is why I’m wearing a waterproof coat. I’m not trying to look outdoorsy). Here is the first of these pieces as Adam edits them and puts them up on Youtube: More to come unless the decency police object to an old Australian… Biology Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution Genetics Philosophy Science Systematics
Creationism and Intelligent Design Repost: What actually *is* design? 18 Feb 201118 Sep 2017 This is a repost from my old site, with corrections. I will be back properly online next week, I hope. I’ve been wondering of late what it is that is explained when something is called “designed”. Read More
Epistemology Phylogeny and the history of language and culture 26 Aug 201226 Aug 2012 Increasingly, work is being done using the methods of phylogenetic systematics to uncover cultural and linguistic evolution. A leading lab on this work is Russell Gray’s lab at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He and his collaborators have looked at the evolution of language, particularly Pacific languages, and… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity When entropy and ecology collide… 9 Nov 2008 …the albino silverback blinks once or twice, says knowingly “Yes, yes”, and sends those who do understand math to these two posts at The n-Category Café: “Entropy, Diversity and Cardinality” post 1, post 2. If I read it aright, it means that diversity is measured as the entropy of some… Read More
So you have a number of quivers in your bone? LOL Sorry for the pun, really like the format. Keep going.